The Cannabis Extraction Certificate Program provides students with practical knowledge of industrial laboratory techniques and extraction principles.

The program brings students a scientifically rigorous curriculum. From interpreting lab results to building sustainable financial models for each of your business' extraction methods, you will acquire a comprehensive understanding of cannabis extraction that will be an asset to you throughout your career.

1. 01. Choosing the B.E.S.T. Extraction Process for Your Business

   21 Lessons

   In this course, you will learn the key principles and practices of extraction and how it applies to cannabis and hemp manufacturing. Next, you will cover the efficacy, effectiveness, and economics for the extraction of cannabis products, as well as examples of major extraction processes. Finally, developing a financial model for extraction is also discussed. After completing this course, you will be able to:

   • Discuss key principles and practices of cannabis concentrations
   • Choose the best extraction method for your cannabis company
   • Identify examples of common extraction and isolation techniques
   • Explain the efficacy and cost effectiveness of cannabis extraction

   Lessons included in this course:

   • Intro to the B.E.S.T. Extraction Process for Your Business

     1m
     An introduction to choosing the B.E.S.T. extraction process for your business.
   • What is the Best Concentration Process for Natural Products

     5m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay provides an overview of the B.E.S.T. concentration processes for natural products. This breakdown includes maintaining the integrity of botanical materials, effective concentration with efficacy, efficiency, and economics, safety and health for everyone throughout the process. He also covers testing with modern technology advances in every facet.
   • Key Compounds in Cannabis

     5m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay discusses the key compounds in cannabis. This includes the amount of cannabinoids dependent on the variety and quality of raw material, as well as how sample preparation is key to the extraction and quality of results. Finally, how the instrument conditions affect the yield, quality, and components is discussed.
   • Stick to the processes! There will be challenges!

     3m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay discusses sticking to the best concentration process for natural products, as well as the synergistic merging of science and economics for the extraction of cannabis products. Finally, he talks about how the challenges with cannabis extraction are often overlooked and underestimated, including a discussion about Sutton's Law and banking protocol.
   • Trichomes, it’s where the cannabinoids concentrate!

     2m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay describes the three main types of trichomes in the cannabis plant. He begins with bulbous trichomes as the smallest of the three types being found across the base of the plant. Next, you will learn about capitate-sessile trichomes as the next largest group, and why it is significantly more abundant. Finally, capitate-stalked trichomes are formed after the flowering stage, and where most cannabinoids are commonly found.
   • How do the cannabinoids get into the capitate stalk?

     2m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay talks about how cannabinoids get into the capitate stalk, as well as the importance of understanding how biosynthesis provides secrets to biopharma technology. Finally, piecing the capitate-stalked glands for finding where cannabinoids are synthesized and stored in cannabis are discussed.
   • Extraction vs. Separation

     3m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay describes the concentration techniques of extraction and separation and their applications in the cannabis industry. This includes a detailed review of separation as a mechanical process without solvent, as well as the process of extraction with a solvent. Further concepts discussed include maceration and grinding, chromatography, filtration, and the representative solvents commonly used in extraction.
   • Key Parameters to Extraction Process Control & Optimization

     4m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay talks about the key parameters of process control and optimization. This includes the critical parameters of C02 for process control such as thermodynamics, pressure, temperature, mass transfer, and flow rate. Finally, the conditions of maximizing productivity and profitability are discussed.
   • General Extraction Process From a Single Molecule

     5m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay examines the generalized extraction process from a single cell with different concentrations and conditions. Next, the generalized extraction process inside a vessel is discussed. This includes the solubilization of compounds to be extracted, and the rate of transport for the extracted compounds.
   • Partition Coefficient and log P

     4m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay discusses cannabis extraction for the Partition Coefficient and Log P. Dr. MacKay performs an extraction experiment for Partition Coefficient and Log P. This experiment highlights the solubility of various solvents, as well as the non-polar properties of cannabinoids.
   • Three Major Extraction Kinetics

     3m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay talks about three major extraction kinetics, which are mechanically dominant, pressure dominant, and solubility dominant. Next, he discusses the process of how we move into a cell, and how the solvent moves in and binds the "A and B" cell wall before it then moves outside. Finally, Dr. MacKay shares an analogy of a dog to describe the process.
   • Separation is Mechanical

     6m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay describes the advances in separation, extraction, and concentration techniques and their applications in the cannabis industry. This includes a detailed review of separation as a mechanical process without solvent, as well as the concepts of maceration and grinding, parts of chromatography, and filtration.
   • What is the Best Concentration Process for Natural Products

     5m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay provides an overview of the B.E.S.T. concentration processes for natural products. This breakdown includes maintaining the integrity of botanical materials, effective concentration with efficacy, efficiency, and economics, safety and health for everyone throughout the process. He also covers testing with modern technology advances in every facet.
   • What is the Best Concentration Process for Natural Products

     5m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay provides an overview of the B.E.S.T. concentration processes for natural products. This breakdown includes maintaining the integrity of botanical materials, effective concentration with efficacy, efficiency, and economics, safety and health for everyone throughout the process. He also covers testing with modern technology advances in every facet.
   • What is the Best Concentration Process for Natural Products

     5m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay provides an overview of the B.E.S.T. concentration processes for natural products. This breakdown includes maintaining the integrity of botanical materials, effective concentration with efficacy, efficiency, and economics, safety and health for everyone throughout the process. He also covers testing with modern technology advances in every facet.
   • What is the Best Concentration Process for Natural Products

     5m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay provides an overview of the B.E.S.T. concentration processes for natural products. This breakdown includes maintaining the integrity of botanical materials, effective concentration with efficacy, efficiency, and economics, safety and health for everyone throughout the process. He also covers testing with modern technology advances in every facet.
   • What is the Best Concentration Process for Natural Products

     5m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay provides an overview of the B.E.S.T. concentration processes for natural products. This breakdown includes maintaining the integrity of botanical materials, effective concentration with efficacy, efficiency, and economics, safety and health for everyone throughout the process. He also describes testing with modern technology advances in every facet.
   • What is the Best Concentration Process for Natural Products

     5m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay provides an overview of the B.E.S.T. concentration processes for natural products. This breakdown includes maintaining the integrity of botanical materials, effective concentration with efficacy, efficiency, and economics, safety and health for everyone throughout the process. He also covers testing with modern technology advances in every facet.
   • What is the Best Concentration Process for Natural Products

     5m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay provides an overview of the B.E.S.T. concentration processes for natural products. This breakdown includes maintaining the integrity of botanical materials, effective concentration with efficacy, efficiency, and economics, safety and health for everyone throughout the process. He also covers testing with modern technology advances in every facet.
   • Three Key Factors to Consider in Choosing Concentration Technology

     4m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay discusses key factors to consider in choosing concentration technology. First, he examines the speed and cycle time of the concentration process. Next, he examines scale and the ability to start small and then grow the entire concentration process. Finally, he discusses selectivity and influencing the order of elution in the entire concentration process.
   • Why Few Large-Scale Facilities for Cannabis?

     6m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay talks about why few large facilities exist for cannabis. This discussion includes economies of scale, large-scale system limitations with the variety of plants, formulation-centric starting materials and equipment size, as well as the regulation of solvents and processes that are allowed. Finally, site sophistication and protocol within state regulations are discussed.
2. 02. Essential Cannabis Extraction Principles

   6 Lessons

   In this course, you will learn about the key principles and practices of differentiated solubility and how it applies to cannabis and hemp extraction. Next, you will discover extraction based on principles of the differentiated solubility of compounds, as well as which compounds you target and how it depends on the goals of your end product. Finally, developing a financial model for differentiated solubility extraction is also discussed. After completing this course, you will be able to:

   • Discuss extraction based on principles of the differentiated solubility of compounds
   • Examine how solution use affects the compounds extracted
   • Provide examples of how solubility applies to major extraction processes
   • Develop a financial model for differentiated solubility extraction

   Lessons included in this course:

   • Intro to Essential Cannabis Extraction Principles

     1m
     An introduction to essential cannabis extraction principles.
   • Three Main Types of Trichomes

     4m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay describes the three main types of trichomes in the cannabis plant. He begins with bulbous trichomes as the smallest of the three types being found across the base of the plant. Next, you will learn about capitate-sessile trichomes as the next largest group, and why they are significantly more abundant. Finally, capitate-stalked trichomes are formed after the flowering stage, and most commonly found in the buds and leaves of cannabis plants.
   • Maximizing Separation in Order to Scale

     3m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay describes the process of maximizing separation in order to scale. Next, the process of using both C02 and ethanol to maximize separation in order to scale during the cannabis extraction process is discussed.
   • Scaling from Analytical to Bulk

     11m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay describes the process of scaling from analytical to bulk, as well as the study of the contribution of SFF parameters including preparation of feedstock, extractor conditions, and separator conditions. Finally, the design of experiment and conditions including pressure, temperature, solvent, and superficial velocity is discussed.
   • Applying the Design of the Experiment

     4m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay describes applying the design of the experiment, and the generalized extraction process inside a vessel. Next, he examines the factor of speed and cycle time of the concentration process, as well as the factor of scale and the ability to start small and grow the entire concentration process. Finally, the factor of selectivity and influencing the order of elution in the entire concentration process is discussed.
   • Examples of Applying the Design of the Experiment

     7m
     In this video segment, Dr. MacKay describes examples of applying the design of the experiment. Next, he examines decarboxylation at different temperatures, the solubility of four cannabinoids in supercritical CO2, experimental design, and maximizing cannabis extraction using the B.E.S.T. concentration process for natural products.
3. 03. Principle & Practice of Alcohol Dominant Extraction

   8 Lessons

   In this course, you will learn key principles and practices of ethanol extraction and how it applies to cannabis and hemp manufacturing. Next, you will break down the full ethanol process from plant harvesting to the impact of ethanol reclamation. Finally, developing a financial model for ethanol extraction is also discussed. After completing this course, you will be able to:

   • Discuss expanding the use of alcohols at different scales
   • Describe ethanol as the most common of solvents used in natural products
   • Identify principles of successful extraction with ethanol
   • Develop a financial model for ethanol extraction

   Lessons included in this course:

   • Intro to Principle & Practice of Alcohol Dominant Extraction

     2m
     In this video segment, Ben Stephens gives an introduction to the principle and practice of alcohol dominant extraction. He describes why ethanol is one of the most common solvents used over the centuries.
   • Why is Ethanol One of the Most Common Solvents Used Over the Centuries?

     1m
     In this video segment, Ben Stephens explains why ethanol is one of the most common solvents used over the centuries. Ethanol is an extremely versatile solvent and is applicable in many applications. Coupling this with how easy it is to manufacture, and how long it has been manufactured, it has made it the ideal candidate throughout the years for various botanical extractions.
   • Principles of Successful Extraction With Ethanol

     1m
     In this video segment, Ben Stephens talks about the principles of successful extraction with ethanol. Understanding your inputs, and furthermore controlling them as much as possible, is an integral piece to any extraction process. This can and should include knowing the farms and farmers where your biomass comes from, but it should also include how you process and store your biomass prior to extraction. The main considerations here are ensuring the biomass has been properly and thoroughly cured and dried, is subsequently stored in a temperature controlled and dry environment, and also is consistently milled.
   • Controlling Extraction Parameters

     1m
     In this video segment, Ben Stephens touches on controlling extraction parameters. Temperature and residency time are the most important variables during ethanol extraction. Changing and maintaining the temperature of your solvent during extraction is vital because it changes what compounds your ethanol will target and how fast (dictating your optimal residency time) it will dissolve them.
   • Addressing the Problems of Ethanol

     1m
     In this video segment, Ben Stephens addresses the problems pertaining to ethanol. One of the biggest challenges faced by ethanol processors who intend to operate at a large scale is solvent recovery. Ethanol is an enormously efficient solvent, and will allow you to process more biomass than perhaps any other methods currently on the market, if you have the ability to evaporate and recover that amount of solvent at scale.
   • The Process

     2m
     In this video segment, Ben Stephens goes in depth on the entire process of full ethanol processing. Understanding and controlling your inputs are vital pieces of any extraction process. Perhaps the most vital piece is understanding how your biomass was grown and how it was handled prior to your lab. For large scale producers who are mostly aiming to produce distillate or isolate, there is a golden ratio between what their biomass costs by weight, and how potent or how much cannabinoids are present in it. For them, purchasing trim is usually the best option because it is cheaper than buds and flowers but still has adequate quantities of their desired compounds.
   • Plant Processing

     4m
     In this video segment, Ben Stephens dives into plant processing. In any industrial processing setting, especially at scale, the main goal is to minimize variables to create the most consistent product desired. We’ve already briefly touched on some of the most important, such as temperature and biomass preparation. When it comes to ethanol, the ability to dissolve both polar and non-polar compounds from the plant comes with a set of benefits as well as a set of complications. One of the potential complications with cannabis processing is that the main target compounds are primarily non-polar. Under certain circumstances ethanol can pick up some undesirable compounds that are polar, causing more processing steps.
   • Developing A Financial Model For Ethanol Extraction/Summary

     2m
     In this video segment, Ben Stephens breaks down developing a financial model for ethanol extraction. There is always a golden ratio for processors between the price and potency of their inputs. This is why it is advantageous when processing at a large scale and with specific end products (isolate, distillate) in mind to do a cost analysis on the price per mg of active compounds (CBD or THC for example) in your inputs. Although their inputs, especially when their end product requires high contents of terpenes, are on average much more expensive, so are their retail prices for their end products.
4. 04. Introduction to Extraction with Sub and Supercritical Fluids

   7 Lessons

   In this course, you will learn the key principles and practices of Sub and Supercritical Fluids (SCF) and how it applies to cannabis and hemp manufacturing. Next, you will cover the characteristics of a supercritical fluid (SCF), as well as the importance of solubility and phase diagrams. Finally, developing a financial model for (SCF) extraction is also discussed. After completing this course, you will be able to:

   • Discuss extraction with sub and supercritical fluids (SCF)
   • Identify unique characteristics of a supercritical fluid
   • Discover the importance of solubility and phase diagrams
   • Develop a financial model for SCF extraction

   Lessons included in this course:

   • Intro to Extraction with Sub and Supercritical Fluids

     1m
     In this video segment, Eric Kawka gives an introduction to extraction regarding sub- and supercritical fluids. Eric's background is in supercritical fluid extraction and supercritical fluid chromatography.
   • Appreciating the Complexity of Cannabis Sativa

     3m
     In this video segment, Eric Kawka talks about appreciating the complexity of cannabis sativa. Within cannabis there are two compounds that are vital, terpenes and cannabinoids. There are more than 80 different cannabinoids. Both terpenes and cannabinoids interact with our endocannabinoid system with over 300 hundred receptors.
   • Extracting Cannabis is Like Brewing a Fine Cup of Java

     4m
     In this video segment, Eric Kawka shows how extracting cannabis is similar to brewing a cup of coffee. Two compounds of similar properties with respect to polarity will be soluble together. Water, which is polar, and oil, which is non-polar, will not mix together. But like coffee, cannabis must start with the proper cultivar.
   • Key Parameters for Process Control

     2m
     In this video segment, Eric Kawka looks into the key parameters for process control. Thermodynamics is one of the critical parameters that pertains to pressure and temperature.
   • Is Supercritical CO2 Just a Marketing Term?

     1m
     In this video segment, Eric Kawka answers the question, is supercritical CO2 just a marketing term? A supercritical fluid is a fluid brought to a temperature and pressure higher than its critical point, where physical and chemical properties change.
   • Terpenes and Cannabinoids are Synthesized and Stored in Trichomes

     3m
     In this video segment, Eric Kawka covers how terpenes and cannabinoids are synthesized and stored in trichomes. Trichomes dictate what the end product is with extraction. In the SC-CO2 efficiency curve, there are two sections that dictate things, the mechanical region and the diffusion limited region.
   • Molecular Structure of Cannabinoids

     7m
     In this video segment, Eric Kawka dissects the molecular structure of cannabinoids. Terpenes and cannabinoids create an entourage effect, while myrcene has an analgesic effect. Terpenes also go through isomerization, oxidation, dehydration, polymerization, and thermal rearrangements.
5. 05. Advanced Extraction with Sub and Supercritical Fluids

   11 Lessons

   In this course, you will learn about the advanced principles and practices of Sub and Supercritical Fluids (SCF) and how it applies to cannabis and hemp manufacturing. Next, you will cover the characteristics of a supercritical fluid (SCF), with examples of Carbon Dioxide and the importance of solubility and phase diagrams. Finally, developing a financial model for (SCF) extraction is also discussed. After completing this course, you will be able to:

   • Discuss fractionation of extracted material
   • Explain increasing the process productivity
   • Describe online monitoring of the extraction process
   • Develop a financial model for advanced CO2 extraction

   Lessons included in this course:

   • Intro to Advanced Extraction with Sub- and Supercritical Fluids

     2m
     An introduction to advanced extraction with sub- and supercritical fluids
   • Understanding CO2 Phase Diagram and Solubility

     2m
     This video discusses carbon dioxide (CO2) and how it can be utilized in solventless extraction. In addition, the video depicts several diagrams and charts that show the distinct phases of CO2 during the extraction process.
   • CO2 Density

     5m
     This video discusses the relationship of pressure and temperature with regard to carbon dioxide (CO2). In addition, the video shows several visual aids that portray how you can create different compounds when using CO2 during extraction.
   • Strategy and Optimization for CO2 Extraction

     5m
     This video discusses how to optimize your extraction strategy when using CO2. In order to optimize this process, extractors should aim for a 90% recovery rate, understand the final product, and be able to make economic decisions while extracting.
   • Unity Operations

     4m
     This video discusses unity operations that are required as a part of solventless extraction. In addition, the video provides details on several steps such as drying, milling, pre-process, extraction, winterization, and distillation.
   • Extraction Tips and Tricks

     2m
     This video provides helpful tips and tricks when it comes to the complicated and highly technical field of cannabis extraction. In addition, the video details the pretreatment of material, drying, milling, homogenization, bed compaction, fractionation, and much more.
   • Fractionation of Extracted Materials

     8m
     This video discusses the fractionation of cannabis material. In addition, it discusses how to create a scalable strategy for fractionation, necessary extraction equipment, collecting cannabinoids and terpenes, cyclone separators, and much more.
   • Increasing Process Productivity

     3m
     This video discusses ways extractors can increase their process productivity and improve the quality of the final product. In order to do so, it’s recommended to use online tools, research extraction studies, and utilize pilot scale systems.
   • Post Processing of Oil

     8m
     This video discusses the post-processing of raw oil and highlights the steps of winterization, filtration, solvent removal, decarboxylation, decolorization, THC remediation, and more.
   • Example of THC Remediation

     6m
     This video provides a real-world example of THC remediation. It also portrays the important role that analytics can play within the extraction process.
   • Developing a Financial Model for Extraction

     3m
     This video discusses how you can develop a financial model for your extraction facility. In addition, it discusses scaling equipment, extraction method, ROI models, biomass material, hardware, costs, post-processing, analytics, and much more.
6. 06. Solventless Solutions

   8 Lessons

   In this course, you will learn about the key principles and practices of solventless extraction and how it applies to cannabis and hemp manufacturing. Next, you will cover key definitions for extractions with solution as a solvent for extraction, as well as, types of solventless extraction technologies. Finally, developing a financial model for solventless extraction methodologies is also discussed. After completing this course, you will be able to:

   • Discuss solventless extraction in reality
   • Review key definitions for extractions with solution as a solvent for extraction
   • Define types of solventless extraction
   • Develop a financial model for solventless extraction

   Lessons included in this course:

   • Intro to Solventless Solutions

     1m
     An introduction to solventless solutions.
   • What is Hash and Rosin

     2m
     This video provides an overview of two popular concentrates: hash and rosin. In addition, it details the necessary extraction process and common delivery methods.
   • Facility Requirements and Buildout

     10m
     This video discusses what to keep in mind when building a solventless separation facility. Main concerns that must be addressed include sterility, climate control, ventilation, work flow, drainage, occupational protection, proper equipment, waste solvent disposal, and GMP Standards.
   • Hash Making 101

     16m
     This video provides a step-by-step guide that explains how to make hash. In addition, it provides tips such as not over saturating the wash vessel, using appropriate equipment, maintaining temperature controls, and suggested agitation time periods.
   • Air Drying vs. Freeze Drying

     6m
     This video offers a comparison between air drying and freeze drying. It also lists the pros and cons of each method so viewers can decide which option best fits their extraction operation.
   • Economics vs. Inefficiencies

     5m
     This video discusses the economic advantages and inefficiencies that are inherent in solventless extraction. It also touches on rosin, hash, pricing, yield, and recovery rates.
   • Dry Sieving/Sifting

     2m
     This video offers a quick overview of dry sieving or sifting, which many cannabis consumers are probably already familiar with. In addition the video discusses topics such as kief, terpenes, trichomes, temperature controls, cost, rosin pressing, and scalability.
   • Rosin

     13m
     This video provides an in-depth explanation of how to make rosin through solventless extraction methods. It offers tips and tricks throughout the extraction process and also touches on topics such as sifting, productivity, labor costs, temperature controls, necessary equipment, THCA, and Rosin Sauce.
7. 07. Data Driven Analytics for Optimizing Post Process

   6 Lessons

   In this course, you will learn the key principles and practices of post processing extraction and how it applies to cannabis and hemp manufacturing. Next, you will cover growing and harvesting to increase crop yield and quality, as well as production monitoring and quality control to verify the extraction process is complete. Finally, developing a financial model for extraction post processing is also discussed. After completing this course, you will be able to:

   • Define and differentiate post processing from processing
   • Discuss production monitoring and quality control
   • Explore growing and the post harvest process to complete extraction
   • Develop a financial model for extraction post processing

   Lessons included in this course:

   • Intro to Data-Driven Analytics for Optimizing Post Process

     1m
     In this video segment, Amber Wise gives an introduction to environmental and contamination impact. Topics include the motivation for using data, units of measurement, analytical examples and the general cost to do them with an extraction, and ways the data can be used.
   • What’s the Motivation for Using Data at All?

     7m
     In this video segment, Amber Wise gives insight on the motivation of using data. What is the motivation to use using data at all? It is important to know that no extraction process will be 100 percent efficient. One of the first steps is to quantify your starting materials.
   • Where in the Process and How to Take Samples?

     12m
     In this video segment, Amber Wise talks about what kind of samples to take and when in the process to take them. Raffinate is a waste material that is left in the extractor. The ethanol/water azeotrope is very hard to separate, and when ethanol absorbs water it affects the ethanol. It is vital to ensure your hygrometer is calibrated so obtain accurate results.
   • Units of Measurement

     4m
     In this video segment, Amber Wise covers the units of measurement pertaining to extraction. You will need to convert measurements to maintain accurate analytics, such as always converting to grams. It is also important to count the molecules for accurate measurements and to know when to use mole units. Yield and mass balance calculations take into account the entire process.
   • Types of Analytics and General Cost

     6m
     In this video segment, Amber Wise goes in-depth on different types of analytics and their general costs. It is always hard to get good, quick data inexpensively. The least expensive way is thin-layer chromatography or TLC. For cannabinoid testing, high performance liquid chromatography is good for accuracy with flowers and pre-extraction material. The most expensive testing is liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.
   • Examples on How Data Can Be Used

     4m
     In this video segment, Amber Wise gives examples on how data can be used. She advises walking through the mass balance, converting everything to moles, and adding up all the losses. She also discusses how robust terpenes profiles are important for marketing.
8. 08. Environmental & Contamination Impact

   6 Lessons

   In this course, you will learn the environmental and contamination impact of extraction and how it applies to cannabis and hemp manufacturing. Next, you will cover the chemical compounds of cannabis, as well as the concentration process and testing considerations to screen for contaminants. After completing this course, you will be able to:

   • Identify cannabis and its unique chemical compounds
   • Explore testing and residual solvent concerns
   • Discuss pesticide / heavy metal / microbiological considerations
   • Recognize how extraction creates change in cannabis industry

   Lessons included in this course:

   • Intro to Environmental and Contamination Impact

     2m
     An introduction to the environmental and contamination impact course.
   • Chemicals of Cannabis

     3m
     This video discusses the chemicals of cannabis: what happens, what is present and when is it present, what to harness, and what is waste.
   • Most Common in Compositions

     4m
     This course discuss the most common components found in cannabis products.
   • Many Primary Methods of Extraction

     8m
     This video discusses the primary methods of extraction. It discusses what components remain after extraction and how to get to the final product in the end.
   • Pesticide Challenges

     10m
     This video discusses the pesticide considerations that extractors need to understand. This includes testing lab requirements, proper equipment, clean materials, heavy metal considerations, and microbiological considerations.
   • Spent Material Considerations

     14m
     This video discusses spent material considerations and the items that may be left behind on the extracted plant material.
9. 09. The Future of Extraction

   6 Lessons

   In this course, you will learn about the future of extraction and how it applies to cannabis and hemp manufacturing. Based on a formulation centric strategy this course will guide you through key factors to consider when choosing a method for the enrichment of the ingredient you need for the products your business model is based on today, as well as a view into the future of technology in the entire process. After completing this course, you will be able to:

   • Identify the B.E.S.T. modes to use for natural cannabis products
   • Examine scientific factors in concentration technology
   • Explore the reality of your extraction business model
   • Discuss the future of cannabis extraction techniques

   Lessons included in this course:

   • Intro to The Future of Extraction

     3m
     An introduction to the future of extraction.
   • What is the Best Concentration

     4m
     This video discusses the best concentration processes for cannabis and all natural products. The lesson discusses the categories that make up B.E.S.T. or Botanical, Effective Concentration, Safety and Testing.
   • Modes of Concentration: Extraction and Separation

     7m
     This video discusses the modes of concentration and how extraction and separation differ, and the physical properties that they require.
   • Three Scientific Factors in Concentration.

     7m
     This video discusses technology needed when considering the extraction process, and what happens during a cycle.
   • Reality of the Extraction Business

     11m
     This video talks about the reality of the extraction business along with the science, and how to make money, increase revenue, decrease cost, and optimize asset utilization.
   • Concentration on the Future of Extraction

     18m
     This video discusses three significant changes that have happened in the cannabis industry since 2016: more companies, multiple products, and expansion.